In some scenarios, Organization came to know that customer involved in unlawful activities or defaulted payment or not trustable etc. So, there is a need to block the customer with a blocking reason. Blocking reason can be defined as per business requirements and used to block bill creation for a customer.

Blocking reason has assigned to corresponding document types and used in document processing after creation. Customer can also be blocked in Customer Master.

Blocking process can be done in two steps -

• Create Blocking Reason
• Assign Blocking Reason

Create Blocking Reason: -

Below process to create blocking reason 50 (Defaulted Payment) –

Step-1: Enter the transaction code OVV3 in the SAP command field and click Enter to continue.

Step-2: In the next screen, click on New Entries button.

Step-3: Enter the below details and click on Enter.

• Block - Enter the 2-digit alphanumeric block key
• Billing Block Desc. - Enter the block description

Step-4: Once all the details entered, click on the Save button to save the changes.

Step-5: It prompt for the Change Request. Create/Select the change request and Click on right mark to proceed.

Step-6: Status bar displays the below message once the blocking reason created successfully.

Assign Blocking Reason: -

Below process is to assign blocking reason 50 (defaulted payment) to billing type F1(Invoice) –

Step-1: Enter the transaction code OVV4 in the SAP command field and click Enter to continue.

Step-2: In the next screen, click on New Entries button.

Step-3: Enter the below details and click on Enter.

• Block - Enter the 2-digit alphanumeric block key
• Bill. Type - Select the billing type from the list

Step-4: Once all the details entered, click on the Save button to save the changes.

Step-5: It prompt for the Change Request. Create/Select the change request and Click on right mark to proceed.

Step-6: Status bar displays the below message once the blocking reason assigned to billing type successfully.